Mission Convention February 6-7   
SPECIAL OFFERING FOR HAITI – As part of our “Faith in Action” Missions Convention, we are receiving a special offering this Sunday to assist Global Partners with relief in Haiti. Any contributions by check should be made payable to Houghton Wesleyan Church with “Haiti relief” in the memo line, and we will send the offering to Global Partners. Thank you for giving generously to help with this need.

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• Cory and Kris Thede's blogsite:  www.portmargot.blogspot.com

  Cory uses agricultural development to help meet the physical needs of Christians in Haiti and encourage their faith. Cory plants disease-resistant banana trees, Moringa trees, and Artemisia trees. Kris, a medical doctor at the mission hospital on Fauche, traveled to "Port" as part of a mission team. In December the clinic in Fauche treated 457 people. Their blog relates many events after the earthquake, but "The most amazing aspect of my stay at the Villa was listening to the voices of thousands of Haitians united in song, praising the Lord. I could distinguish four distinct locations where the singing was coming from with the largest being in the direction of the Seventh Day Adventist compound were a reported 40,000 people slept and lived outside." Cory, Kris, and their family are serving in Haiti with your help.

   

•  Caribe Atlantic Area Director Dan Irvine reports that at least three Wesleyan churches were completely destroyed and several others were badly damaged. “Hundreds of members are dead or missing, thousands have suffered the loss of homes and possessions. Accurate statistics are not yet available and may never be given the circumstances.” Pray for The Wesleyan Church of Haiti as it grieves its losses and, at the same time, reaches out help those in need.

  We praise the Lord that all Global Partners’ missionaries in Haiti are accounted for and are safe. Unfortunately this has not been the case for other mission organizations and NGO agencies; pray for the families and friends who are grieving the loss of loved ones.

  Missionaries Carl and Maya Gilles, along with their two small daughters, live and minister in Port-au-Prince. Praise the Lord that they were not hurt. Their house received damage; however, the integrity of the structure is uncertain. Since it may have been unsafe to stay in the house, they were living in a field. This past weekend Maya and the girls were evacuated out of Haiti and are now with family in Canada. Pray for Maya and the girls as they regroup. Pray for Carl as he remains in Haiti to help with relief efforts.

  Pray for the disaster relief efforts by our missionaries. Pray for the medical team made up of one Haitian nurse, a visiting doctor, and five GP missionaries: Dr. Kris Thede, Physician Assistant Diane Busch, Carl Gilles, Tricia Alexander, and Joel Currie who arrive in Haiti a few hours prior to the earthquake.